Alumni in the News: September 8, 2025

Lions have racked up the Emmy noms! Nicole Kassell ’94 is up for Outstanding Directing for a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie for the Netflix series Sirens; Tim Carvell ’95 is poised to add two more awards — for Outstanding Scripted Variety Series and Outstanding Writing for a Scripted Variety Series for Last Week Tonight — to his multi-Emmy collection; Beau Willimon ’96 wrote six episodes of Andor and is an executive producer on Severance, both nominated for Outstanding Drama Series. Ebon Moss-Bachrach ’99 received his third nomination for Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series for his role as Cousin Richie on The Bear; he won the award in 2023 and 2024 in the same category. Lucia Aniello ’04 has three nominations as the director, writer and producer of Hacks, including Outstanding Comedy Series; she has already won four Emmys for the HBO series; and Jenny Slate ’04 (see below) is nominated for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie for the Hulu series Dying for Sex. The 77th Primetime Emmy Awards will be broadcast live from Los Angeles on Sunday, Sept. 14.

Jim Jarmusch ’75’s latest movie, Father Mother Sister Brother, took home the top prize at the 2025 Venice Film Festival on September 6. The Golden Lion-winning episodic drama — which premiered at the festival — stars Cate Blanchett, Adam Driver and Tom Waits.

On Sept. 1 it was announced that Rep. Jerrold L. Nadler ’69 (D-N.Y.) will retire in 2026, closing a 34-year congressional career. Nadler is the longest-serving New Yorker in the House; he told The New York Times he “had been persuaded it was time for a changing of the guard.”

Jenny Slate ’04 was the subject of the Aug. 27 feature “Jenny Slate Can Still Top Herself.” Slate received accolades and an Emmy nomination for her role as the best friend of a terminally ill woman (played by Michelle Williams) in Hulu’s Dying for Sex.

Filmmaker Francesca Trianni ’11, JRN’14 was a producer on the Aug. 24 Times Opinion Video segment “America First? Not When It Comes to Your Health.” The video profiles three scientists who have been affected by funding cuts to the National Institutes of Health; Trianni has been a producer with Opinion Video since January.

The Aug. 15 New York Times article “They’re Losing Their Vision. They Still Love Playing Tennis” was written by journalist John Leland ’81. The feature detailed The Sound of Tennis, a program designed for individuals with varying degrees of blindness and skill levels; Leland has been writing for the Times for 25 years.